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They 've got a brand-new organ, Sue,
For all their fuss and search;
They've done just as they said they'd do,
And fetched it into church.
They're bound the critter shall be seen,...

[From Arthur Selwyn's Note-book.]

Through these broad streets do I fly -
Furlongs and miles I defy,
Till the "magnificent distance"
Vanishes out of existence.
Let me with pencil prolong...

"A first-class professional fight!"
I'm really doing the town!
There were thousands on thousands to-night
To see a man knock a man down.
Two dollars I willingly (?) paid...

[From Arthur Selwyn's Note-book.]

[The Wedding Of The Towns.][5]

Let all of the bells ring clear,
And all of the flags be seen;
The King of the Western Hemisphere...

The Farmer Discourses of his Son.

Tom was goin' for a poet, an' said he'd a poet be;
One of these long-haired fellers a feller hates to see;
One of these chaps forever fixin' things cute and clever;...

[From Farmer Harrington's Calendar.]

NOVEMBER 1, 18 - .

It's quite the thing to "travel" nowadays
(Although I do not think it always pays),
And see if distant ground in general looks...

Some men were born for great things,
Some were born for small;
Some--it is not recorded
Why they were born at all;
But Uncle Sammy was certain he had a legitimate call.
...

Through blinding storm and clouds of night,
We swiftly pushed our restless flight;
With thundering hoof and warning neigh,
We urged our steed upon his way
Up the line.
...

[From Farmer Harrington's Calendar.]

SEPTEMBER 10, 18 - .

Ah me! it makes a sinner wondrous blue,
To see so many other sinners too!
When I rake over all my faults, and then...

[From Farmer Harrington's Calendar.]

OCTOBER 1, 18 - .

Wind in the south-west; weather fit to stay;
A sweet, old-fashioned, Indian-summer day -
When Heaven and Earth both seem to look at you...

[From Farmer Harrington's Calendar.]

FEBRUARY 5, 18 - .

Want - want - want - want! O God! forgive the crime,
If I, asleep, awake, at any time,
Upon my bended knees, my back, my feet,...

[From Farmer Harrington's Calendar.]


APRIL 25, 18 - .

RAIN - rain - rain - for three good solid fluid weeks -
Till the air swims, and all creation leaks!...

[From Arthur Selwyn's Note-book.]


Here in The City I ponder,
Through its long pathways I wander.
These are the spires that were gleaming
All through my juvenile dreaming....

[From Arthur Selwyn's Note-book.]

When Prometheus stole the flame,
Did he know what with it came?
Did he look afar and see
All the blessings that would be?
Could he view the gentle gloam...

[From Arthur Selwyn's Note-book.]

Let me a moment indite
Scenes that I witnessed one night:


["You Will Tell Me Where Is Conrad?"]
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